Monthly Menu for January 2024
Planning ahead can make weeknights run so much smoother. With that in mind, here is a monthly menu for January. Hopefully you will find some things to help make meal planning a little easier.
What are Monthly Menu Plans?
Here are the monthly menu dinner ideas and recipes for January’s menu. This menu plan includes main dish recipes for easy dinners with a few mentions of side dishes for the entire month.
I do my menu planning for weeknights only, and Friday nights are usually something quick and easy. All you need to do is add in the sides you desire, and you are set. I hope this guide is helpful for you and your whole family.
I will also send out reminders of the weekly menus each Monday in my weekly newsletter. If you would like to receive these reminders, along with other recipes and information, please join here.
Menu Tips
Tips for Using This Monthly Menu:
- Print or take a photo of the meal plan and keep it visible.
- It is a great idea to keep certain staples on hand (baking items, seasonings, etc.)
- Buy in bulk when possible.
- Look at the monthly meal plan and make a grocery list of all items you can get in advance. If possible, buy all of these items once instead of making multiple grocery trips.
- It is a good idea to keep a master list of the main grocery items you use on a regular basis. Having a ready made grocery shopping list can save you time, and help you remember items you need to purchase.
- Set aside time at the beginning of the month for meal prep, to prepare food (cut vegetables, divide bulk items and freeze when necessary, etc.)
- Look at your weekly meal plan over the weekend, and write out your weekly shopping lists so you can make one trip to the grocery store or farmers markets to get fresh produce and other items you will need.
- Remember that this is just a guide with recipe ideas – use what you want and skip the rest.
Featured Recipe
Stacy Ling’s website is all about plants and how to grow and take care of them. However, on occasion she shares quick and easy recipes, and they are always delicious! Her Shrimp Scampi is my favorite (planned for 1/22/24).
She just shared her Tortellini Soup recently, so I gave it a try. Jay and I both loved it. It is in the menu for 1/25/24. I hope you like it as much as we do.
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Monthly Menu for January 2024
This full month of ideas includes some of our favorite meals. Enjoy these delicious recipes!
| Date | Meal | Information or Link |
|---|---|---|
| 1/1 | New Year’s Day | |
| 2 | Beef Tips & Rice | |
| 3 | Fiesta Chicken Soup | Link to the Recipe |
| 4 | Tostadas | |
| 5 | Smothered Hamburger Steak | Directions |
| 6 | Weekend | |
| 7 | Weekend | |
| 8 | Baked Salmon | Serve with Green Beans & Couscous. |
| 9 | Chicken Pot Pie | Link to the Recipe |
| 10 | Salmon Bowl | |
| 11 | Bacon Wrapped Chicken | Costco |
| 12 | Corn Dogs & Mac & Cheese | |
| 13 | Weekend | |
| 14 | Weekend | |
| 15 | Pan Fried Tilapia with Bell Pepper Salsa | Link to Directions |
| 16 | Chicken & Dumplings | Link to the Recipe |
| 17 | Chicken Spaghetti | |
| 18 | Green Stew | Link to the Recipe |
| 19 | Tilapia Street Tacos | |
| 20 | Weekend | |
| 21 | Weekend | |
| 22 | Shrimp Scampi | Link to the Recipe |
| 23 | Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas | Link to the Recipe |
| 24 | Turkey Meatloaf | |
| 25 | Tortellini Soup | Link to the Recipe |
| 26 | Baked Potato Bar | Serve with butter, sour cream, chives, bacon, and any other toppings you wish. |
| 27 | Weekend | |
| 28 | Weekend | |
| 29 | Poblano Chicken | Link to the Recipe |
| 30 | Homemade Chili | |
| 31 | Farmer’s Market Chicken | Link to the Directions |
| 2/1 | Lobster Ravioli | Costco has great ones. |
| 2 | Frito Chili Pie | Use leftover chili. |
Favorite Cooking Products
Here are some of my favorite cooking items:
As we start a new year, let’s make things a little easier for ourselves. I hope this monthly menu is a start for that mission. May it help you have more time at night with your family and help you be more efficient.
Please share your own meal plans, suggestions, feedback, and any other quick and easy favorite recipes you love. I love to try new ideas!
There are such a wide variety of meals and ideas on Pinterest. I have found so many wonderful new recipes this way and have pinned many of them on Pinterest boards. If you are looking for other ideas, here is a link to my Main Meals Board.
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Until next month,
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This sounds like a yummy month! I have to sit down and work on ours tomorrow before I go grocery shopping… Thank you so much for sharing with us at Talking About It Tuesdays.
Love this. What software did you use to make your meal plan chart? I would like to try that!
Thank you! I found the chart in WordPress. It is very easy to use. You can add columns or rows and delete them as needed.
Meal planning changes EVERYTHING Susan! I love that you take time to do this each month and that you offer easy recipes too. It helps so much! Hugs, CoCo
Thank you! I love easy meals! I love your meal plans also. They are much more healthy than mine, but they look easy too!
I love the idea of having a monthly menu because it helps me to ensure I eat healthier! It also makes grocery shopping so much easier. Thanks for linking up with the Home Imagined Link party.
Thank you for letting me join! Have a great day!